hahahaha come on Billy, it wasn't reported, but it was there. If it's there now, it was there last year.... Bynum has had issues in the past.

Anyhow.... shitty luck for Bynum. he was a good player

You laugh and call me Billy. Oh, Craigy-poo.

First all, I don't need you to tell me Bynum had issues in the past, of course I know that.

Second, and most importantly, Mr. Thinker, did you not notice in the article where they say "most recent" MRI? This is not the first MRI that Philly has done, yet the implication is that past MRIs by Philly did not pick-up the signs of degeneration. It's the most recent. So, if Philly missed the signs in their own previous MRIs, why can you assume that the Lakers caught them, or that they were even apparent, when Bynum was younger and had suffered a fewer number of injuries (pre bowling) when the Lakers did their last MRI on him (which may have been quite a while ago)?

First all, I don't need you to tell me Bynum had issues in the past, of course I know that.

Second, and most importantly, Mr. Thinker, did you not notice in the article where they say "most recent" MRI? This is not the first MRI that Philly has done, yet the implication is that past MRIs by Philly did not pick-up the signs of degeneration. It's the most recent. So, if Philly missed the signs in their own previous MRIs, why can you assume that the Lakers caught them, or that they were even apparent, when Bynum was younger and had suffered a fewer number of injuries (pre bowling) when the Lakers did their last MRI on him (which may have been quite a while ago)?

What? You make no sense. I said that there was "no indication that it was apparent", as in it being possible to see the severity and pick it up the degeneration with a physical or diagnostics. You then laughed at me.

So how the fuck is that agreeing with my next statement? What kind of mental gymnastics do you have to do to then turn around and say "this is what I'm saying".

It's not shady on the Lakers end if Philly couldn't even pick it up. And that's my point about it possibly not being "apparent" before.

Philly did at least 3 different MRIs on Bynum before the most recent one, from what I can tell. There are at least 3 seperate progress reports in the media since the trade, mentioning MRIs. None of them caught degeneration. Those MRIs are more recent than any diagnostics the Lakers conducted on Bynum. Yet by laughing at me, you were suggesting that my point that it was not apparent couldn't be right and Lakers should have known. This is actually pretty consistent with your conspiracy mentality of not considering any evidence before reaching a conclusion.

The latest reports say that 4 seperate doctors looked at MRIs and signed off on Bynum's knees before the trade was made. No mention of degeneration, although he obviously wasn't in mint condition. Neither was Howard with his back surgery.

Before the Philadelphia 76ers traded for him, Andrew Bynum had his knees checked out by four doctors who were all comfortable approving that he would play for the team this season, according to sources.

Then, however, Bynum "tweaked" his right knee during a workout while doing up-and-under moves. When another MRI was taken at that point, sources said it revealed a bone bruise and more significant cartilage issues.

Bynum has yet to play all season long and hinted at sitting out the entire campaign Friday, adding he does not "want to play with pain."

Andrew Bynum is contemplating whether to undergo a second arthroscopic procedure on his right knee.

The surgery would clean out loose cartilage and almost certainly rule Bynum out for the remainder of the 2012-13 season.

Bynum practiced on Friday and acknowledged that his season might in fact be over.

"Now it's getting a little late, so I really don't know," Bynum said when asked if he were considering sitting out the final two months of the Sixers’ season. "I played in one scrimmage and [I have] a four- to five-day setback,"

Bynum said. He added that he is "just getting treatment and trying to push the fluid out" of his knee.

"I still think I can play," Bynum said, "but like I said, the season is short."